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@einen tant' atmtt @ffice WILLIAM GOODMAN, OF TROY, MICHIGAN. Lcters'latent Na 66,831, dated July I6, 186i'.V

IMPROVED WASHING lliiAGiINiii.4

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GOODMAN, of 'Iroy, in the county of Oakland, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and improved rushing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fnlheleeu and exact description thereof, whichlwili enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- I Figure I isa vertical longitudinal section of my improved machine, taken through the line y y, tig. 3.

Figurel 2 is a detail View cf the same.

Figui-e 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken through the line :v sv, tig. l.

Similar letters of `reference indicate like parts. Y

My invention has for its object to furnish an i-mprovcd machine, by the use of which the clothes may be easily, quickly, and thoroughly washed, and from which the water may be conveniently poured, so that the' clothes may be washed through several waters without it being necessary to handlethem; and it consists in the combination ofthe interior and exterior tubs with cach other, and with the frame to which they are pivoted,

and in the combination of the rubbing cylinder and its frame with the interior tub; the whole being con-' structed and arranged as hereinafter more-fully described.

A is the frame ofthe machine; B is the outer tub, thecnds of which are vertical, and the sides and bottom of which are curved in the arc of a circle, as shown in tig. 3. To the middle of the vertical ends of the tub B are attached two arms D `projecting above the tub, as shown in iig. 1, and ,having holes formed through their upper ends for the passage of the rod C, by means of which the tub is pivoted to the frame A, as shown in iig. 1. D is the interior tub, which is made in the same form as the tub B,1but smaller, so as to fit into it, as shown in tig. 3,leaving a narrow space between* the two tubs, as shown. To the middleyof thc ends of the tub D are attached two upwardly projecting arms or bars CZ', having holes through their upper ends for the passage of the rod C, to which they arev pivoted. The bottom of the interior tub D may be made with a smooth surface, as shown in the drawings, or it may be wholly or partly groovcd or corrugated as may desired. E is the cylindrical rubber, the surface of which is grooved or corrugated, and which is4 pivoted to the lower ends ofthe side harsf1 of the frame F, Vas shown in figs. 1 and 2. The middle parts of the side barsfl are slotted i'or the passage ot' the rod C, so that the roller E may give to accommodate itself to the thickness ot' clothes being washed. 4The upper ends of thc side harsfl Vof the frame F are connected by a cross-bar, f2, which serves as a handle in operating the rubber E. G are springs, the upper ends of which are attached to the rod C, 'and their lower ends to the cross-bar f3 of the frame F, to hold the rubber E down to its work. I-I is a catch attached to the frame A in such a position that it may be turned down so as to ,take hold of the bar b1 of the tub B, and hold the said tub stationary while being used. I is an eccentric catch pivoted in a slot in theend of thetub B in such a position that it muy be turned into one or the other of the notches-formed in the tub D to hold it stationary while the machine is being operated. b2 is4 aspect or lip formed in the edge of the tub B to guide the water being poured out ofthe said tub into the spout I attached to the frame A, to conduct Vthe said water into a pail or other receptacle. i

In using the machine the necessary amount of water is poured into the tubs B and D, the clothes are then put into the tub D and operated upon by the rubber E, both tubs being locked fast. In pouring out the water the tubs are unlocked and the tub B turned up so as to discharge the water into the spout J, the clothes remaining undisturbed in the tub D.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y v 1fl. The combination of the exterior and 'interior semi-cylindrical tubs B and D with each other, and with the frame A, vsubstantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2i. The combination of the cylindrical rubber E and framer F with the interior tub D, 4substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set.- forth.

3. Pivoting the exterior tub B, the interior tub D, and the :rubber-frame b' to the frame A' by the same pivoting-rod C, substantially as herein shown and' described.

WILLIAM GOODMAN.

Witnesses:

O. W. Pncx, A. PARTRIDGE. 

